Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent is a Grade I listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1975. A 19th century Mausoleum.
Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent
- WRENN ID
- little-lintel-sorrel
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1975
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent, the Home Park
- OS grid reference
- SU 975 759
- Coordinates
- 51.4738, -0.59677
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent, built in 1861, was started during her lifetime and designed by architect A J Humbert. It features heavy late French neo-classical details, including a galleried, ribbed copper dome atop a rotunda made of Portland stone ashlar. This rotunda is surrounded by a colonnade of pink granite with bronze Ionic capitals and bases, and bronze urns adorn the entablature. The structure has a rusticated basement. The main approach, which faces a bridge over the lake, includes a double flight of balustraded steps and a heavily rusticated retaining wall with a central niche and bust. This wall returns to meet a terrace in front of a heavily rusticated projecting portal leading to the basement of the rotunda, which features heavy panelled round-headed gun metal doors. The interior was designed by Professor Gruner of Dresden and includes heraldic painting, along with a statue of the Duchess created by William Theed the younger.
Local climate
Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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